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====Job Skills Workshop, 3:30-5pm, Location TBD====

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Revision as of 15:32, 6 February 2009

These pages are specifically for individuals coordinating the 2009 Spectrum Leadership Institute. Please do not edit unless you are listed as a coordinator below. If you have interest in planning future Institutes, contact the Office for Diversity and Spectrum at 800-545-2433 ext. 5048 or email spectrum@ala.org.

Note to Coordinators
To update information on this wiki please complete this multi-step process for every update you do:

Find the session you need to update on this page below, click edit, next to a speaker's name you will see "status:". If the status is "need volunteer", volunteer to invite this speaker by putting "your name invite". Feel free to post continuous updates such as "your name invited date" on the day you sent an invitation.

Invite the speaker by sending the formal letter via email to this person. Follow-up by phone if you have not heard back within 10 business days. We hope to have all speakers confirmed by the second week of April.

After a speaker has accepted the invitation, thank them and request some additional information. Please gather and submit to email bio, email address (and if possible photo) of speaker to Gwendolyn Prellwitz no later than April 15. Also, please change the "status" on this speaker to Confirmed', and indicate if a bio is still needed or not.

Add the speaker's information to the Program in Progress, located on the 2009 Sessions and Speakers page. Be sure to spell their name correctly, include their full title, and if possible create the link to their bio page. Note if a speaker has already participated in a previous Institute, linking their name will automatically link to the bio from the previous year. Be sure to edit and update their bio. The 2009 Sessions and Speakers page and all linked speaker bios are pulled directly from this wiki and used to create the printed program book. Please be conscientious with typing, spelling and providing accurate information.

Room information is not available just yet but all speakers will receive a final confirmation from Gwendolyn (POF committee will notify those participants) when the room assignments are finalized. All Spectrum Institute events will take place at an ALA Conference Hotel. Information on which hotel will be available in Spring 2009.

Dinner Served 5:30-7 pm, Location TBD

The Professional Options Fair allows participants the chance to visit with representatives from a wide range of library environments and professional organizations. Representatives from ALA’s ethnic caucuses and affiliate groups will also be in attendance. Take full advantage of this unique opportunity to explore your options and network by visiting as many tables as you can!